title: Distal airway bronchomalacia resulting in severe obstructive airway physiology.
abstract: A 24-year-old woman, referred for treatment of presumed severe steroid-dependent asthma, was found to have generalized bronchomalacia. The diagnosis was based on an abnormal collapsibility of the bronchi on bronchoscopic examination and a lack of bronchial reversibility with aggressive bronchodilator therapy.
authors.affiliation: National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Co.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lavins
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hamilos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests